Monday, February 28, 2011

Good Morning! If you need to make a card in a pinch, or if you like to make quick and easy cards OR if you just want to make a really super cute card, these Charlies Ark product will meet that purpose. I am totally LOVING all these sweet card kits and toppers!

This sweet card was made from the Just For Fun kit. With all the pieces Die Cut for you, the cards come together so quickly!

In the kit, you get Patterned Paper, Cute Borders, Sentiments, Toppers and Die Cuts to add dimension to the images. It's a great value and there are endless possibilities of what you can do with the kit. Everything you see on the card, with the exception of the Striped DP, which is from Melissa Frances and the Card Base, is included with the Kit!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

This weeks edition of http://www.flower-soft.tv/ is a real MUST view! The elegance and exquisite design will just blow your mind. The quality of the hand painted watercoloured art work, drawn and painted by illustrator Rikey Austin, is the finest you will have ever seen!

The main base of the card is "kiss cut" ready for you to lift up certain petals and foliage to give the 3D effect and the surounding art work of flowers, foliage and ribbon trims are die cut for you to just pop out and use. It really could not be simpler to create the best card you may have ever made. The Die Cut Dimensions pack consists of eight stunning sheets of wild flower art work. (Four sheets of each design) these will make a minimum of 16cards with loads of additional flowers and foliage to use to make many more cards too.

The main image has plenty room for you to stamp or place any sentiment you want inside it and the quality of the paper used will allow you to colour, stamp or paint any further details you choose to add. The gallery of cards at the end of the show will give you any further inspiration you may require.

Entries must be uploaded to the SCS gallery and use at least one Flower Soft product (Flower Soft, toppers, stamps) to be eligible to win. Please use the keyword FSC23 and flowersoft (one word) when uploading to the Splitcoast Gallery so we can find your project.

The prize this week – Winners choice – 4 colors of Flower Soft!

Entries will be accepted for the challenge until Midnight CT on March 3rd. The winner’s card will be featured on the Flower Soft blog on March 4th!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Well! What a laugh we have had with the cartoon characters,fun sentiments and quotes in this weeks edition of http://www.flower-soft.tv/ .

I don't know about you, but I always find that mens cards can be so difficult to create as, lets face it, they don't all love boats, snooker and sailing do they?

Tha range is not totally for men of course, but there are a great lot that I can associate with different members of my family.

The stepper card is great fun to do as you can really go to town and further embellish all the fun characters, i.e. glitter the ladies dresses and give them earrings, use your glazes on the wine bottles, glasses and characters glasses etc.

I just love the fact that the template for the stepper card is not only on the Wine Buffs C D Rom but is also incorporated in the Wine Buffs Papercraft pack. A very useful template for you to keep. There are so many different shaped cards that your going to just love making them. The Papercraft Kit contains 18 sheets of designs and then your stepper template too. The C.D. contains an amazing wealth of designs including backing papers, 3D/paper tole, bottle bags, tags, sentiments, card toppers,cartoons,shaped cards!!!! The list goes on!

Anyway hope you enjoy viewing this week and I look forward to talking next week.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Who does'nt love the thought of sending Easter wishes and all the fun that it entails for our children and grandchildren? I was away on holiday last Easter with all the family and I can't tell you how much fun we had hunting for eggs that the Easter Bunny had hidden. I must say it was not something that I did with my children, but I certainly will continue the tradition in future.

The beautifully hand painted creations that the multi talented artist and illustrator Rikey Austin has designed for us are just the cutest things you have ever seen!

A taster of what is to come in the pack is the card below.

A darling little chick popping out of an egg! The toppers, (pre-printed art work on card) come in four different designs, two of each sheet, for you to cut out and decoupage/paper tole. The packs also work in conjunction with the display globes too if you want to make a shaker card.

Take a look at http://www.flower-soft.tv/ to see how we have assembled this card and to see the amazing gallery of cards to give you even more inspiration.!

Entries will be accepted for the challenge until 6:00pm CT on February 17th. The winner’s card will be featured on the Flower Soft blog on February 18th!

Here is my challenge card:

I used the Die Cut Dimensions Wild Flowers kit (coming soon from Flower Soft!) as the background for my quote. I added Baby Pink, Baby Peach Flower Soft to the flowers and to frame the sentiment panel. I added a touch of Lemon Flower Soft to the flower centers. Here is a closer look:

Monday, February 7, 2011

Good Morning!!! Just popping in with a peek of one of the many new card toppers available at Charlie's Ark. This sweet image is from the Charlies Ark Hearts and Flowers Collection! Way too sweet eh??? I adore the Sepia toppers and the endless creative possibilities that you have to use them as is or to dress them up a little.

I added a we bit of subtle colour on my card using my Prism Pencils. A dash of Flower Soft Peony Pink to the little flower adds dimension along with the small pearl in the centre of the flower! You'll just love working with these toppers to create fabulous projects in the wink of an eye!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Something new! Bit scary sometimes isn't it? I don't know why but I do feel a bit nervous about sometimes trying different tecniques, but honestly, when you think about it, even if you make mistakes at first it's not going to be the end of the world is it?

Inking tecniques are so relaxing to sit and do that I have completely fallen in love with it.! I also have to admit to really LOVING the Big and Juicy range of inks, WOW they are so worth the money, as you will be able to see from this weeks http://www.flower-soft.tv/ where we use them to highlight certain areas on the adorable art work of the Charlie's Ark sepia toppers.

Starting with something as brilliant as these toppers really does take all the guess work out of your painting techniques.

Have a look at this weeks tutorial and you will see for yourself just how wonderful it is to do.

I always find watching someone do something is always easier than trying to read up on a topic.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

I'm sure there will be much more information coming on these new products in the near future, but I wanted to share this card I made with the new Die Cut Dimensions Wildflowers! This is a super-versatile preprinted die-cut kit that will stretch to embellish many, many projects. I'll have a photo tutorial soon, to show how you can add realistic dimension to your flowers. For now, here's my card! All stamps are from Impression Obsession. I used glass microbeads and Polar White Flower Soft in the flower centers to add texture and dimension.